Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- 5 Reasons the UN Is Jumping on the Blockchain Bandwagon – Singularity Hub
- Where Does Bitcoin Fit In Your Portfolio? – Forbes
- Automation may take our jobs – but it’ll restore our humanity – WEF
- Cryptocrash: Bitcoin Tumbles To Pre Korea-Missile-Launch Level After Topping $5000 – Zero Hedge
- To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now – NY Times
- The integration of economic history into economics – VOX
Americas:
- Trump tells Dreamers to ’rest easy’ – Politico
- Harvey: Terror, heartbreak and heroism as five Houstonians brave America’s worst storm – Houston Chronicle
- Universal Basic Income Could Grow the U.S. Economy by 12.5% – Fortune
- Trump’s economy is doing (slightly) worse than Obama’s – Washington Post
- Racist behaviour is declining in America – The Economist
- Oil Firms That Cheered Regulatory Rollback Are Quaking on Nafta – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Merkel survives challenger’s onslaught to win election TV debate – Reuters
- Government prepares clampdown on fixed-odds betting machines – The Guardian
- European Castles: Easier to Buy Than You Might Think – WSJ
- Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron release joint response on North Korea ’provocation’ – Independent
- Brexit: UK to be ’educated’ about consequences, says Barnier – BBC
- Theresa May secretly agrees £50bn Brexit bill – The Times
- In its EU talks, Britain must avoid the road taken by a Greek ‘hero’ – The Times
Asia:
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- Mattis warns of ’massive military response’ if North Korea threatens attack – Politico
- North Korea’s latest nuclear test brings a final reckoning nearer – FT
- North Korea Claims Test of Hydrogen Bomb for Long-Range Missile a Success – WSJ
- China urges North Korea to stop ’wrong’ actions after nuclear test – Reuters
- Indigestion in China’s Economy Spells Trouble for Coal – WSJ
- China’s Xi says BRICS must promote open world economy – Reuters
- Rajan Warned Modi Against Cash Ban, New Book Shows – Bloomberg
- The countries that do business with North Korea – Axios
- China’s high-speed trains are back on track – The Economist
Trans-Tasman:
- The costs of a casual job are now outweighing any pay benefits – The Conversation
- Two full-time jobs now needed to service a mortgage on a typical Sydney home – The SMH
- Greens warn Labor not to do clean energy deal that protects coal power – The Guardian
- Financial stress is widespread for Australians and it’s taking its toll – The SMH
- Banks, regulators and the reverse-Nuremberg defence – Michael West
- ‘Show it or shut up’: Tony Abbott puts heat on Bill Shorten to settle citizenship questions – ABC
- NSW Government $9 billion asset-sales agenda laid bare in budget estimates hearing – ABC
- Interest rates falling despite Reserve Bank monetary policy inaction – ABC
- Australia ‘woefully unprepared’ for the next flu pandemic: AMA – The SMH
- Australia enters into snowiest week of the year after hottest winter on record – News.com.au
- Childcare workers to walk off job on Thursday – The SMH
- Turns out productivity’s been fine all along – Ross Gittins
- ‘Low confidence’: Expert panel raises concerns about Santos coal seam gas impacts – The SMH
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Incoming Government faces fresh Auckland housing headache – Interest.co.nz
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National pledges new urban planning laws – Interest.co.nz